The School of Arts and Design of Caldas da Rainha (ESAD.CR) is strategically located in a region characterized by the presence of clay, ceramist studios and industrial mass production of Ceramics. This nature defines today the role of the city and the school in particular, as an incubator for ideas and creation in disciplines of design and ceramic work.

ESAD.CR will conduct a set of workshops here presented as an opportunity to explore ancestral techniques and languages, as well as the plasticity and the symbolic and cultural values of the material, aiming to physically expose the participants to some of the most bizarre techniques which allowed for the persistence of an active contemporary practice in Portugal.

WORKSHOP

Analogies

Bakery and Ceramic

Cooking and ceramics are disciplines that share a series of analogies, from tools to shaping processes. This workshop will allow you to work with ceramics and food in a similar way, creating objects that complement these two materials. At the end of this experience, we will have the opportunity to share and “taste” our creations.

PORTUGUESE CERAMICS NOW!

6 – 10 JULY

School of Arts and Design, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

MENTORS

Rita Frutuoso

Graduate in Design, option Technologies for Ceramics and Master in Product Design by ESAD.CR. In this school, for 12 years, she has been responsible technician for the ceramic, plaster and glass workshops in the Superior Technical category. Parallel to her professional activity at ESAD she develops her creative work, having developed her master’s research project focused on understanding and potentiating interceptions between ceramic and culinary, having pioneered the exploration of Pottery in Chocolate.

 @ritafrutuosoo

Paulo Santos

Graduated in Fine Arts and currently attending the Master of Fine Arts at ESAD.CR.

Paulo Santos is also the owner of the Bakery Forno do Beco in Caldas da Rainha.

SKILL LEVEL

Participants should have experience with clay forming techniques such as hand building and modeling.

MEDIA & TECHNIQUES

Porcelain, stoneware, terracotta, silver, slips, underglaze paints.

Ceramic and bakery techniques.

PROGRAM

6 July: Ceramic workshop – Rita Frutuoso
7 July – Morning: Ceramic workshop – Rita Frutuoso
8 July: Ceramic workshop – Rita Frutuoso
9 July: Visit to Lisbon: Museu do Azulejo e Palácio Fronteira
10 July: Ceramic and bakery workshop – Rita Frutuoso and Paulo Santos

Total fee: €650,00 (with accommodation)
€300,00 (without accommodation)

Included in the fee:
All workshops and materials, participant’s certificate, farewell cocktail, workshop lunches (5 lunches), 6 nights’ accommodation (5-10 July) in double bedroom with shared bathroom (every two bedrooms).

Transfer from/to Lisbon can be arranged.

Accommodation extra:
For an additional €100,00 – Individual bedroom with private bathroom.

ESAD.CR

Address

Rua Isidoro Inácio Alves de Carvalho
2500-321 Caldas da Rainha – Portugal

Phone: +351 262 830 900